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diff --git a/hurd/interface/fsys/04.mdwn b/hurd/interface/fsys/04.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 7b370d2b..00000000 --- a/hurd/interface/fsys/04.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,58 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] - -[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable -id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this -document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or -any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant -Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation -License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] - -[[!meta title="fsys_syncfs"]] - - routine fsys_syncfs ( - fsys: fsys_t; - RPT - wait: int; - do_children: int); - -Synchronize the entire filesystem. - -This function has a companion in [[`file_syncfs`|file_syncfs]], which is -invoked on an arbitrary node instead of the server's control port. Both of -them are usually implemented in equivalent ways. - -# Implementation Examples - -Servers that either don't keep any unsynchronized state (or don't have a -backing store at all) can simply `return 0`. Examples: [[translator/symlink]], -[[translator/nfs]]. - -## [[libtrivfs]] - -Invoke [[`file_sync`|file_sync]] on the underlying node. Rationale: the -underlying node represents this filesystem's backend, and once this node is -synchronized, the whole [[libtrivfs]]-based filesystem is to be considered -synchronized. - -### [[storeio]] / [[streamio]] - -Instead of to the underlying node, pass the call through to the backend -(device). - -## [[libnetfs]] - -Invoke `netfs_attempt_syncfs`. - -## [[libdiskfs]] - -Invoke [[`fsys_syncfs`|fsys_syncfs]] on all active children, and invoke -`diskfs_sync_everything` and `diskfs_set_hypermetadata`. - -# Usage Examples - -## [[libdiskfs]] - -In the implementations of both [[`file_syncfs`|file_syncfs]] and -[[`fsys_syncfs`|fsys_syncfs]], [[`fsys_syncfs`|fsys_syncfs]] is invoked on all -active children. |
